(Adnkronos) – Diplomat Paolo Palminteri has taken up his post as Italy’s new ambassador to North Macedonia, the foreign ministry announced on X.  “Congratulations to @PaoloPalminteri, Italy’s new ambassador to the Republic of North Macedonia,” the foreign ministry wrote.  “North Macedonia, friend,

(Adnkronos) – ”Congratulations to General Joseph Aoun, elected President of the Lebanese Republic. A friend of Italy, he will be an authoritative guide for an important and crucial country like Lebanon. A key figure for peace in the Middle East”. Deputy Prime

(Adnkronos) – At least 70 people have been killed and 104 wounded in 24 hours in the Gaza Strip, where Israeli military operations against Hamas, which have reportedly killed over 46,000 people, have been ongoing for over 15 months. This was denounced

(Adnkronos) – Ukraine’s president Vladimir Zelensky will hold talks in Rome on Friday at 10 am with Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella and later with Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni.  Pope Francis will also hold talks with Zelensky at the Vatican on Friday.  Zelensky

(Adnkronos) – With 99 votes out of 128 deputies present in the House, the head of the Lebanese Army, Joseph Aoun, was elected as the new president of Lebanon. Lebanese media reported.    

(Adnkronos) – Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has called a meeting with party leaders for this evening to discuss US President-elect Donald Trump’s statements about Greenland. This was announced by Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, stating in a meeting with journalists

(Adnkronos) – The European Commission does not acknowledge the merit of the report published this morning by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, according to which the EU’s investigations into Chinese companies regarding state subsidies constitute “unfair barriers to trade and investment”. This

(Adnkronos) – “The Arctic is a region that falls within our strategic and national interests. We are and will remain present in the Arctic territory”, said Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the predatory words of US President-elect Donald Trump on Greenland

(Adnkronos) – Italy and Greece have “excellent” relations and a shared approach on a raft of issues like defence, migration and climate hazards, which they will commit to paper at an inter-governmental summit next month, premier Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday.  “Relations

(Adnkronos) – Clashes between Turkish-backed groups and Kurdish-led forces have killed 37 people in the northern Syrian region of Manbij, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, speaking of “fierce battles, in the last few hours, in the Manbij area, between

(Adnkronos) – Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello has confirmed the arrest of former presidential candidate Enrique Márquez and Rafael Tudares, son-in-law of opposition leader Edmundo González, on charges of organizing a ceremony for the latter’s inauguration as president of the country. Nicolas

(Adnkronos) – At least five people have died in the violent fires that have been raging around Los Angeles since yesterday and which are now threatening the Hollywood district, whose residents have been ordered to evacuate. The evacuation of the area was

(Adnkronos) – US President Joe Biden has canceled his trip to Italy. The White House made it known, explaining that, “after returning from Los Angeles, where he met with law enforcement, firefighters and emergency personnel engaged in fighting the unprecedented fires that

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni is set to hold talks in Rome on Friday with the European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas following a meeting of ‘Quin’t foreign ministers on Thursday that will focus on Syria and which Kallas is

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to block the hearing, set for Friday, for the sentencing of the New York trial in which he was convicted of falsifying financial documents to cover up the sum paid to Stormy Daniels

(Adnkronos) – At least 17 people were injured, one seriously, in an elephant attack during a festival at a mosque in the Malapuram district of the Indian state of Kerala.  Hundreds had gathered to participate in the Puthiyangadi festival in Tirur. During

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani will travel to Syria on Friday, where its path to democracy and freedom, and the “full rights” of minority Christians will be a focus of talks with top officials, he said.  “I will underline to

(Adnkronos) – Saudi envoy Yazid bin Mohammed bin Fahd Al-Farhan is in Beirut on the eve of the parliamentary vote for the election of the new Lebanese head of state. He arrived this morning at Beirut international airport, the Lebanese agency Nna

(Adnkronos) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said that Elon Musk, owner of X and ally of Donald Trump, “openly attacks our institutions” and “foments hatred”. Musk, who is expected to play a role in the administration of US President-elect Trump,

(Adnkronos) – Premier Giorgia Meloni and foreign minister Antonio Tajani will meet freed Italian journalist Cecilia Sala when she arrives at Ciampino airport near Rome on Wednesday aboard a flight from Iran’s capital Tehran.  Tajani told public broadcaster Rai’s Tg2 news bulletin

(Adnkronos) – The head of the parliamentary panel which oversees Italy’s intelligence agencies on Wednesday praised the secret services and the government for the release of Italian reporter Cecilia Sala, who spent three weeks in jail in Tehran after her arrest in

(Adnkronos) – “The sovereignty of our Channel is not negotiable”. So said the Panamanian Foreign Minister, Javier Martinez-Acha, in reply to the words spoken yesterday by the US President elect, Donald Trump, who did not rule out using military or economic force

(Adnkronos) – “Oh Canada!”. Donald Trump is back on Truth. The president-elect of the United States has published in the last few hours a map with the flag of the United States that also covers Canadian territory after threatening yesterday the use

(Adnkronos) – A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck areas of Qinghai province in northwest China. This was reported by the Chinese official agency Xinhua. According to data from the China Earthquake Networks Center (Cenc), the epicenter of the earthquake, which occurred around 3:40

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani on Wednesday hailed journalist Cecilia Sala’s release by Iranian authorities, which he attributed to “diplomacy and teamwork”.  “Diplomacy and teamwork: Cecilia Sala is returning home!” Tajani wrote on X (formerly Twitter) after news that Sala had

(Adnkronos) – MPS are grilling Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani Wednesday on international and European Union initiatives to stabilise Syria and relaunch its economy in the wake of the 13-year civil war that toppled long-time dictator Bashad al-Assad last month.  Wednesday’s parliamentary

(Adnkronos) – Rumors and denials follow one another in South Korea about the impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol, who at the beginning of December had tried to introduce martial law in the country, soon revoked. The presidential office denied rumors about Yoon’s

(Adnkronos) – Nicolás Maduro has announced the activation of the so-called “comprehensive management organizations” (Odis), a structure that centralizes political power, the Armed Forces, the Bolivarian National Militia, police forces and community groups, with the motivation of “defending peace” in the days

(Adnkronos) – A massive fire has forced thousands of people to evacuate the hills above Los Angeles, where violent winds are fueling the flames. The fire broke out late in the morning in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, in the mountains northwest of

(Adnkronos) – An exhibition of the work of trailblazing lenswoman Letizia Battaglia, who chronicled everyday life in Sicily over 50 years, including many mafia killings and the arrests of mafia bosses, is on at the Photographers’ Gallery in London until 23 February.